Signal transmission method, apparatus and device

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a signal transmission method, apparatus and device. The method comprises: receiving a first signal on at least one first serving cell, wherein the first signal is used for instructing a second device to enable or disable a timer on a second serving cell, and the second serving cell comprises one or more of activated serving cells configured for the second device; when the timer is disabled, the second device does not monitor a PDCCH; when the timer is enabled, the second device monitors a PDCCH or does not monitor a PDCCH; the first signal is generated on the basis of an OOK waveform; and the first device is a device having a first reception capability, and the second device is a device having a second reception capability, the second reception capability being higher than the first reception capability.

Description

Signal transmission method, device and equipment

[0001] The present disclosure claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 202411382161.1, filed on September 30, 2024, and entitled "Signal transmission method, device and equipment", the whole content of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a signal transmission method, device and equipment. BACKGROUND

[0003] Currently, the downlink control information with CRC scrambled by PS-RNTI (DCP) can only be received on the primary cell (Pcell), and the wake-up indication field acts on all active serving cells. The signal generated based on the on-off keying (OOK) waveform (for example, the low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS)) is not a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), so it can be received on the dormant bandwidth part (dormant BWP) of the secondary cell (Scell) according to the related protocol. The related DCP mechanism indicates that the terminal starts the timer on all cells according to the 1bit indication field, and then indicates the BWP switching of the terminal on the Scell according to the 0-5bit Scell dormancy indication field, so as to ensure the energy saving effect. It can be seen that in order to ensure the energy saving effect, the DCP introduces two indication fields, i.e. the 1bit wake-up indication field and the 0-5bit Scell dormancy indication field. If the signal generated based on the OOK waveform is used for wake-up according to the related mechanism, two indication fields also need to be introduced, which increases the bit overhead. How to ensure the energy saving effect when the signal generated based on the OOK waveform is used for wake-up is a problem to be solved. SUMMARY

[0004] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a signal transmission method, device and equipment to ensure the energy saving effect when the signal generated based on the OOK waveform is used for wake-up.

[0005] In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a signal transmission method applied to a first device, comprising:

[0006] receiving a first signal on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to indicate that a second device starts or does not start a timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell including one or more of active serving cells configured for the second device;

[0007] wherein the timer is not started, the second device does not monitor PDCCH; the timer is started, the second device monitors PDCCH or does not monitor PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability.

[0008] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a signal transmission method, applied to a network device, comprising:

[0009] sending a first signal to a first device on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to indicate that a second device starts or does not start a timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell including one or more of active serving cells configured for the second device;

[0010] wherein the timer is not started, the second device does not monitor PDCCH; the timer is started, the second device monitors PDCCH or does not monitor PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability.

[0011] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a signal transmission device, the signal transmission device being a first device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0012] the memory is used to store a computer program; the transceiver is used to transceive data under the control of the processor; and the processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0013] receiving a first signal on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to indicate that a second device starts or does not start a timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell including one or more of active serving cells configured for the second device;

[0014] The timer is not started, and the second device does not listen to PDCCH; the timer is started, and the second device listens to PDCCH or does not listen to PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, and the second receiving capability is higher than the first receiving capability.

[0015] The present disclosure also provides a network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0016] The memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transceive data under control of the processor; and the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0017] sending a first signal to a first device on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to instruct a second device to start or not to start a timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell comprising one or more of activated serving cells configured for the second device;

[0018] The timer is not started, and the second device does not listen to PDCCH; the timer is started, and the second device listens to PDCCH or does not listen to PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, and the second receiving capability is higher than the first receiving capability.

[0019] The present disclosure also provides a signal transmission apparatus, applied to a first device, comprising:

[0020] The first receiving unit is configured to receive a first signal on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to instruct a second device to start or not to start a timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell comprising one or more of activated serving cells configured for the second device;

[0021] The timer is not started, and the second device does not listen to PDCCH; the timer is started, and the second device listens to PDCCH or does not listen to PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, and the second receiving capability is higher than the first receiving capability.

[0022] The present disclosure also provides a signal transmission apparatus, applied to a network device, comprising:

[0023] The first sending unit is configured to send a first signal to the first device on at least one first service cell, the first signal being used to indicate that the second device starts or does not start a timer on a second service cell, the second service cell including one or more of the activated service cells configured for the second device;

[0024] wherein the timer is not started, the second device does not listen to the PDCCH; the timer is started, the second device listens to the PDCCH or does not listen to the PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability.

[0025] The present disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being used to cause the processor to execute the above method.

[0026] The present disclosure also provides a computer program product comprising computer instructions, the computer instructions being executed by a processor to implement the steps of the above method.

[0027] The present disclosure has the following beneficial effects:

[0028] The above scheme can indicate PDCCH listening or non-listening only through the first signal by receiving a first signal on at least one first service cell, the first signal being used to indicate that the second device starts or does not start a timer on one or more of the activated service cells configured for the second device, without introducing other indication domains, so as to achieve the purpose of ensuring energy saving when using a signal generated based on an OOK waveform to wake up. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0029] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the related art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the related art description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creative labor.

[0030] FIG. 1 shows a flow diagram of a signal transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of an application scenario one;

[0032] FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of an application scenario two;

[0033] FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of an application scenario three;

[0034] FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a first time window position;

[0035] FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of a bit map in the LP-WUS and the correspondence with the terminal;

[0036] FIG. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a first indication method of the bit map;

[0037] FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of a second indication method of the bit map;

[0038] FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram of the reception of the first device in each cell in case three;

[0039] FIG. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a flow of the signal transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] FIG. 11 shows a schematic diagram of units of the signal transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0041] FIG. 12 shows a structural diagram of the signal transmission device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0042] FIG. 13 shows a schematic diagram of units of the signal transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0043] FIG. 14 shows a structural diagram of the network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0044] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of, rather than all of, the embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0045] The terms "first", "second", and the like in the specification and claims of the present disclosure are used to distinguish similar objects, and do not necessarily indicate a specific order or a chronological sequence. It should be understood that the data thus used can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present disclosure described herein can be implemented in other sequences than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "comprise" and "have" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product, or device comprising a series of steps or units does not necessarily have to be limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but can include other steps or units not clearly listed or inherent to the process, method, product, or device.

[0046] The term "and / or" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure describes an association relationship of associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B can represent the following three cases: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects before and after it. The term "multiple" in the embodiments of the present disclosure means two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0047] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the word "exemplary" or "for example" is used to represent an example, illustration, or description. Any embodiment or design scheme described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present disclosure should not be interpreted as more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. Rather, the word "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concept in a specific manner.

[0048] The related concepts mentioned in the present disclosure will be briefly described as follows.

[0049] I. Carrier aggregation (CA) technology

[0050] Similar to long term evolution (LTE), NR also adopts CA technology to greatly improve the system transmission rate. Each carrier participating in CA is called a carrier component (CC). Among them, the primary cell (Pcell) is used to carry signaling and manage other carriers. The secondary cell (Scell) is used to expand the bandwidth to enhance the rate, and the Pcell can decide when to increase and delete.

[0051] II. Scell energy saving

[0052] When there is no data transmission, the Scell can be deactivated by Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC-CE) for energy saving. But it is a long process to activate the Scell, which corresponds to a large transmission delay and terminal energy consumption. Therefore, the dormant downlink bandwidth part (dormant DL BWP) is introduced for the Scell. The main purpose of adding the dormant DL BWP is to save power. When the data traffic is not large, the BWP on the Scell can be temporarily switched to the dormant BWP, and the secondary carrier does not need to be deactivated. Compared with the method of adding or deactivating the secondary carrier by Radio Resource Control (RRC), the Scell can enter the uplink and downlink data transmission state more quickly. The terminal does not need to detect the Physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) under the dormant BWP, only needs to do some measurement operations to maintain the link performance, and can maximize the energy consumption of the Scell.

[0053] III. Scell dormancy indication

[0054] Currently, the Scell can be switched between the dormant BWP and the non-dormant BWP by the Downlink Control Information (DCI).

[0055] The DCI indicating the Scell to be switched between the dormant BWP and the non-dormant BWP can be one of the following:

[0056] indicated by the DCI format 0_1 / 0_3 / 1_1 / 1_3 in the ACTIVE time;

[0057] indicated by the DCI format 2_6 (DCP) outside the ACTIVE time.

[0058] IV. Connected-Discontinuous Reception (C-DRX)

[0059] DRX is a function introduced by user equipment (UE) for power saving, configured by RRC layer. In connected state, if RRC layer configures MAC layer with DRX function, UE can monitor PDCCH intermittently in physical layer; otherwise, UE must continuously monitor PDCCH. The configuration of DRX is applied to all active serving cells, i.e. when in radio resource control connected state (RRC_CONNECTED), if DRX is configured for all active serving cells, MAC entity can use DRX operation to discontinuously monitor PDCCH.

[0060] V. DCI format 2_6

[0061] DCI scrambled by paging system radio network temporary identifier (PS-RNTI) is called power saving DCI (DCP), which has two indication fields, wake-up indication and Scell dormancy indication. When DCP indicates wake-up, ACITVE time is turned on, and Pcell receives PDCCH according to DRX. Further according to Scell dormancy indication, dormant BWP indication is performed for activated Scell. If activated BWP is indicated as dormant BWP, PDCCH monitoring is not performed, and if activated BWP is indicated as normal BWP, PDCCH monitoring is performed according to DRX.

[0062] Considering that PDCCH cannot be received on Pcell after switching to dormant BWP and data retransmission is performed, Rel-16 only supports transmission of DCI format 2_6 on Pcell.

[0063] VI. Background of LP-WUS / WUR project

[0064] Rel-18 proposes the concept of low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) and low power wake-up receiver (LP-WUR, LR). When there is data transmission, the terminal receives LP-WUS signal through LP-WUR to activate main radio (MR) to wake up from ultra-deep sleep state to receive data; when there is no data transmission, the MR is turned off, which can greatly achieve terminal energy saving.

[0065] Embodiments of the present disclosure are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The signal transmission method, apparatus and device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system can be a system using the fifth generation (5th Generation, 5G) mobile communication technology (hereinafter referred to as 5G system), and those skilled in the art can understand that the 5G NR system is only an example and is not limited.

[0066] In some embodiments, the network system to which the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied includes a user terminal and a base station. The user terminal can be a user equipment (User Equipment, UE), for example, a terminal side device such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID) or a wearable device, and it should be noted that the specific type of user terminal is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The base station can be a 5G and later version base station (for example, gNB, 5G NR NB), or a base station in other communication systems, or a node B, and it should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure only take the 5G base station as an example, but the specific type of base station is not limited.

[0067] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a signal transmission method, apparatus and device to ensure energy saving effect when using a signal generated based on an OOK waveform for wake-up.

[0068] The method and the apparatus are based on the same application concept. Since the principles of the method and the apparatus for solving the problem are similar, the implementation of the apparatus and the method can be referred to each other, and the repeated parts will not be described.

[0069] As shown in FIG. 1, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a signal transmission method, executed by a first device, comprising:

[0070] In step S101, a first signal is received on at least one first service cell, the first signal being used to indicate that a second device starts or does not start a timer on a second service cell, and the second service cell includes one or more of the activated service cells configured for the second device;

[0071] The timer is not started, and the second device does not listen to the PDCCH; the timer is started, and the second device listens to the PDCCH or does not listen to the PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, and the second receiving capability is higher than the first receiving capability.

[0072] In some embodiments, the first receiving capability mentioned in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be the capability of only detecting the signal generated by the OOK waveform, and the second receiving capability can be the capability of not only detecting the signal generated by the OOK waveform but also detecting the signal generated by other manners, for example, the first device can be an LP-WUR, and the second device can be an MR; in some embodiments, the first device and the second device can be simultaneously arranged in the same device or independently arranged in different devices.

[0073] It should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to the CA scenario, that is, the application scenario in which the first device and the second device are configured with one primary cell and at least one secondary cell.

[0074] In some embodiments, the first signal mentioned in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be an LP-WUS, and of course, the first signal mentioned in the embodiments of the present disclosure can also be other signals generated based on the OOK waveform and used for indicating the second device to start or not to start the timer on the second serving cell; in some embodiments, the first signal is a dedicated receiving signal of the first device.

[0075] It should be noted that by receiving, on at least one first serving cell, the signal used for indicating the second device to start or not to start the timer on one or more of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, the indication of the PDCCH listening or not listening can be performed only by the first signal, without introducing other indication fields, so that when the signal generated based on the OOK waveform is used for wake-up, the purpose of ensuring the energy saving effect can be achieved.

[0076] In some embodiments, the activated serving cell mentioned in the embodiments of the present disclosure can also be referred to as an activated serving cell.

[0077] In some embodiments, the at least one first serving cell mentioned in the embodiments of the present disclosure belongs to a serving cell set, and the serving cell set includes all activated serving cells configured by a higher layer, that is, the at least one first serving cell is one or more serving cells in all activated serving cells configured by the higher layer.

[0078] In some embodiments, the timer mentioned in the disclosure can be a discontinuous reception duration timer (drx-onDurationTimer), a discontinuous reception inactivity timer (drx-InactivityTimer), or a newly introduced timer in the disclosure.

[0079] In some embodiments, in an implementation, for the first device, the first serving cell is determined by at least one of the following:

[0080] A11, agreement of protocol;

[0081] For example, the agreement of protocol can indicate that the first serving cell is a primary cell or a secondary cell.

[0082] A12, indication of network device;

[0083] For example, the network device can indicate the first serving cell by MAC-CE, high layer parameter, or DCI.

[0084] In some embodiments, in the case that the first signal is an LP-WUS, the high layer parameter can be, for example, a LP-WUS serving cell reception (ServingcellReception_LP-WUS) parameter. In some embodiments, the DCI mentioned in the embodiments of the disclosure can be a newly introduced DCI, or an existing DCI, that is, the indication of the first serving cell is multiplexed into the existing DCI.

[0085] In this case, the terminal determines the first serving cell according to the indication of the network device, which can be a primary cell or a secondary cell.

[0086] In some embodiments, for the network device, the first serving cell is determined by at least one of the following:

[0087] A21, agreement of protocol;

[0088] For example, the agreement of protocol can indicate that the first serving cell is a primary cell or a secondary cell.

[0089] A22, reception capability of the first device;

[0090] In some embodiments, the reception capability of the first device can include, for example, a first type of reception capability and a second type of reception capability; in some embodiments, the first type of reception capability indicates a weaker reception capability, for example, only receiving signals at a fixed frequency point or a small range of frequency domain; the second type of reception capability indicates a stronger reception capability, for example, receiving signals on all active serving cells.

[0091] In some embodiments, the first serving cell corresponding to different types of receiving capabilities can be pre-set or pre-agreed, for example, in the case that the first device is of the first type of receiving capability, the first serving cell can be the primary cell; in the case that the first device is of the second type of receiving capability, the first serving cell can be the default cell, or the primary cell, the secondary cell or the secondary cell group.

[0092] In some embodiments, the first serving cell and the second serving cell in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be classified into one of the following application scenarios:

[0093] Application scenario one, the second serving cell includes all activated serving cells configured for the second device;

[0094] As shown in FIG. 2, the first signal received by the first device on one activated serving cell can indicate that the second device starts or does not start a timer (i.e., monitors or does not monitor PDCCH) on all activated serving cells.

[0095] Application scenario two, the second serving cell includes at least one activated serving cell among the activated serving cells configured for the second device;

[0096] As shown in FIG. 3, the first signal received by the first device on one cell can indicate that the second device starts or does not start a timer (i.e., monitors or does not monitor PDCCH) on part of the activated serving cells, for example, the first signal sent at time 1 indicates that the second device monitors PDCCH on the primary cell, the first signal sent at time 2 indicates that the second device monitors PDCCH on secondary cell 1 and secondary cell 3, and the first signal sent at time 3 indicates that the second device monitors PDCCH on secondary cell 2.

[0097] Application scenario three, the second serving cell includes any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, and the second serving cell is the same as the first serving cell;

[0098] As shown in FIG. 4, the first signal received by the first device on one cell can only indicate that the second device starts or does not start a timer (i.e., monitors or does not monitor PDCCH) on the activated serving cell, that is, the first device needs to receive the first signal on several activated serving cells when the second device has several activated serving cells.

[0099] In some embodiments, after receiving the first signal, the first device needs to send an indication to the second device, which indicates that the second device starts or does not start a timer on the second serving cell.

[0100] In some embodiments, the method further comprises, in an implementation:

[0101] decoding the first signal according to the configuration parameter to obtain indication information, the indication information being used to indicate whether to start or not to start a timer on a second serving cell by the second device;

[0102] Further, the first device sends the indication information to the second device, and the second device performs corresponding behavior based on the indication information sent by the first device, i.e., starting or not starting the timer (which can also be understood as monitoring or not monitoring PDCCH).

[0103] In some embodiments, the configuration parameter comprises at least one of B11-B15:

[0104] B11, a payload size of the first signal;

[0105] B12, an indication manner of whether to start the timer;

[0106] In some embodiments, in an implementation, in a case where the second serving cell comprises all activated serving cells configured for the second device, or the second serving cell comprises any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device and the second serving cell is the same as the first serving cell; the indication manner comprises one of:

[0107] B121, indicating whether to start the timer by a bit map, wherein one bit in the bit map is used to indicate whether to start the timer on the second serving cell by one second device;

[0108] It should be noted that in this case, it can be understood that there is only one bit in the bit map, and this bit is used to indicate that the execution of the timer corresponding to all activated serving cells in the second serving cell is the same, for example, when the bit value is 0, it indicates that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell, and when the bit value is 1, it indicates that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell; or, when the bit value is 1, it indicates that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell, and when the bit value is 0, it indicates that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell.

[0109] B122, indicating whether to start the timer by a code point, wherein the value of one code point is used to indicate whether to start the timer on the second serving cell by the second device;

[0110] It should be noted that this case can be understood as that there is a code point in the first signal, and the value of the code point is used to indicate that the execution of the timer corresponding to all activated serving cells in the second serving cell is the same, for example, when the value of the code point is 00, it indicates that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell, and when the value of the code point is 11, it indicates that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell; or, when the bit value is 11, it indicates that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell, and when the bit value is 00, it indicates that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell.

[0111] In some embodiments, in the case that the second serving cell includes at least one activated serving cell configured for the second device, the indication manner includes one of the following in an implementation:

[0112] B1201, indicating, by a bit map or a code point, whether the second device starts the timer on all activated serving cells included in the second serving cell at the same time.

[0113] It should be noted that this case can be understood as that the execution of the timer corresponding to all activated serving cells in the second serving cell is indicated by a bit map or a code point.

[0114] For example, when the bit value is 0, it indicates that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell, and when the bit value is 1, it indicates that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell.

[0115] For example, when the value of the code point is 00, it indicates that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell, and when the value of the code point is 11, it indicates that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell.

[0116] In some embodiments, the code point can have a mapping relationship with a code or a sequence; for example, the code can be Manchester coding; the type of the sequence can be a walsh sequence, a gold sequence, an m sequence, etc., and the sequence generation can be related to at least one of the first device identifier, the cell identifier, and the first signal index.

[0117] B1202, indicating, by a bit map or a code point, whether the second device starts the timer on the activated serving cell included in the second serving cell.

[0118] In some embodiments, this case can be understood as that the execution of the timer corresponding to different activated serving cells in the second serving cell is indicated by a bit map or a code point.

[0119] In some embodiments, in the case that whether the second device starts the timer on the active serving cell included in the second serving cell is indicated by the bit map, the first device can listen to the bit position of the corresponding active serving cell according to the listening position parameter; in some embodiments, the listening position parameter is used to indicate the information bit position that the first device needs to listen to in the first signal, and the listening position parameter can be a bit position, an OFDM symbol index, or an OOK symbol index.

[0120] In some embodiments, in the case that whether the second device starts the timer on the active serving cell included in the second serving cell is indicated by the code point, the relationship between the value of the code point and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell satisfies at least one of the following:

[0121] B12021, the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the active serving cell is determined based on the mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the active serving cell can be indicated by one mapping relationship table or multiple mapping relationship tables.

[0122] For example, there are two levels of indications in a first signal, each level of indication corresponds to a mapping relationship table, the first level of indication corresponds to the mapping relationship table shown in Table 1, the second level of indication corresponds to the mapping relationship table shown in Table 2, and the mapping relationship table includes the value of the code point, the sequence index, and the cell index.

[0123] Table 1: Mapping relationship table corresponding to first level of indication

[0124] Table 2: Mapping relationship table corresponding to second level of indication

[0125] For example, there is only one level of indication in a first signal, and the mapping relationship table corresponding to this level of indication is shown in Table 3.

[0126] Table 3: Mapping relationship table corresponding to first level of indication

[0127] B12022, the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell is determined based on the code point index corresponding to the value of the code point, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal; the target index is an active serving cell index or an active serving cell group index.

[0128] In some embodiments, in one implementation, the specific implementation of determining the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell based on the code point index corresponding to the value of the code point, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal includes:

[0129] Formula one, Sequence_index = round(A_index / N) mod N;

[0130] Wherein, Sequence_index represents the code point index; A_index represents the target index; N represents the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal.

[0131] For example, the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal is 2, and 3 sequences are needed to indicate all combinations, as shown in Table 4.

[0132] Table 4 Correspondence between code point index, sequence and associated active serving cell

[0133] In some embodiments, in the case of indicating by code point in the above-mentioned indication mode, if there is a mapping relationship between the code point and the sequence, the sequence includes any one of the following sequence types:

[0134] B21, single-level sequence, indicating that the second device starts or does not start a timer on the second serving cell by the index of one sequence;

[0135] For example, the first device determines the sequence index (Sequence index) of the active serving cell associated with the first signal according to a predetermined rule; for example, 6 active serving cells are associated with the first signal, and a total of 64 sequences are needed, and the correspondence between sequence_index and the active serving cell identifier associated with the first signal is shown in Table 5.

[0136] Table 5 Correspondence between sequence index and associated active serving cell

[0137] B22, multi-level sequence, indicating that the second device starts or does not start a timer on the second serving cell by the index of multiple different levels of sequences.

[0138] For example, the first device determines the index of the first-level sequence (sequence#X) and the index of the second-level sequence (Sequence#Y) associated with the active serving cell according to a predetermined rule, and the correspondence between the wake-up group identifier and the index of the first-level sequence and the index of the second-level sequence is shown in Table 6.

[0139] Table 6 Correspondence between wake-up group identifier and index of first-level sequence and index of second-level sequence

[0140] B13, the encoding mode of the first signal;

[0141] In some embodiments, the encoding manner can include but is not limited to at least one of the following: Manchester encoding, PIE encoding, FM0 encoding, Miller encoding.

[0142] B14, a resource mapping manner of the first signal;

[0143] In some embodiments, the resource mapping manner includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: OOK-1 based on M=1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 or 32, OOK-4 based on M=1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 or 32.

[0144] B15, a monitoring position parameter of the first signal;

[0145] In some embodiments, the monitoring position parameter includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: bit position, Orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) symbol index, OOK symbol index.

[0146] In some embodiments, in the case where the second serving cell includes at least one active serving cell configured for the second device, the active serving cell associated with the first signal is obtained by at least one of the following:

[0147] C11, a high-layer parameter configuration;

[0148] In some embodiments, this case refers to that the active serving cell associated with the first signal is configured for the first device by the network device through a high-layer parameter. For example, the high-layer configures a set of associated cells when configuring the first signal; for example, taking the first signal as an LP-WUS, the high-layer configures the indexes of the LP-WUS#0 associated cell or cell group as 0 and 3, configures the indexes of the LP-WUS#1 associated cell or cell group as 1 and 4, and configures the indexes of the LP-WUS#2 associated cell or cell group as 2 and 5.

[0149] C12, obtaining based on the index of the first signal, a target index, and the number of the first signals, the target index being an active serving cell index or an active serving cell group index;

[0150] In some embodiments, in one implementation, the obtaining of the active serving cell associated with the first signal based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals includes:

[0151] Formula two, P_index=A_index mod(M);

[0152] Wherein, P_index represents the index of the first signal, A_index represents the target index, and M represents the number of the first signals in time division multiplexing.

[0153] In some embodiments, the implementation of receiving the first signal on the at least one first serving cell comprises:

[0154] Periodically monitoring the first signal in a first time window on the at least one first serving cell;

[0155] Wherein, the first time window is determined based on an offset value and a minimum time interval, the offset value is used to indicate the length of time that the first time window is located before a reference point, and the reference point is the start time of the timer; and the minimum time interval is determined based on the processing capability of the second device.

[0156] For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the timer is started at T1, and T2 is the end time of the first time window, wherein the time difference between T2 and T1 is the length of time indicated by the minimum time interval, and T3 is the start time of the first time window, wherein the time difference between T2 and T1 is the length of time indicated by the offset value. In some embodiments, the units of the offset value and the minimum time interval in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be, but are not limited to, seconds (s), milliseconds (ms), slots, symbols, frames, and subframes.

[0157] In some embodiments, the offset value and the minimum time interval can be configured by a higher layer.

[0158] In some embodiments, the period of the first signal can be configured by a higher layer, and the period of the first signal satisfies at least one of the following conditions:

[0159] D11, independent of the discontinuous reception cycle, i.e., the period of the first signal is independent of the discontinuous reception cycle, i.e., the period is a period dedicated to the first signal;

[0160] D12, related to the discontinuous reception cycle, i.e., the period of the first signal is configured based on the discontinuous reception cycle; for example, the period of the first signal can be a multiple of the discontinuous reception cycle.

[0161] In some embodiments, the first device can periodically receive the first signal or non-periodically receive the first signal. That is, the first signal received by the first device can be periodic or non-periodic, and the receiving behavior of the first device depends on the sending behavior of the network device, i.e., how the network device sends, and the first device adopts the corresponding way to receive.

[0162] In some embodiments, in an implementation where the second serving cell comprises at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, the receiving the first signal on the at least one first serving cell comprises:

[0163] The receiving the first signal on the at least one first serving cell is performed by time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM) or code division multiplexing (CDM).

[0164] For example, the first signal can be transmitted on multiple first serving cells by FDM, or the first information can be transmitted on one first serving cell by TDM.

[0165] In some embodiments, in an implementation where the second serving cell comprises any of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, and the second serving cell is the same as the first serving cell, the method further comprises:

[0166] If the first device does not receive the first signal on the first serving cell, one of the following is performed:

[0167] E11, starting the timer;

[0168] E12, not starting the timer;

[0169] E13, the behavior of whether to start the timer on the second serving cell is consistent with the behavior of whether to start the timer on the primary cell of the second device;

[0170] For example, the second device starts the timer on the primary cell, and if the first device does not receive the first signal on the first serving cell, the first device determines that the second device also starts the timer on the first serving cell.

[0171] E14, the behavior of whether to start the timer on the second serving cell is consistent with the behavior of whether to start the timer on the activated secondary cell with the largest or smallest number of the second device;

[0172] For example, the second device is configured with 5 activated secondary cells, and the determination of whether to start the timer on the secondary cell 1 is performed, for example, the second device does not start the timer on the secondary cell 1, and if the first device does not receive the first signal on the first serving cell, the first device determines that the second device also does not start the timer on the first serving cell.

[0173] The following takes the first device and the second device as an example, and the first device receives the LP-WUS sent by the base station. The specific application of the embodiment of the present disclosure is illustrated as follows.

[0174] Application case one: the LP-WUS on one serving cell indicates whether the second device starts the timer on all activated serving cells, corresponding to the above application scenario one.

[0175] Specifically, the main implementation process on the base station side includes:

[0176] Step S111, the base station configures a serving cell set for at least one terminal;

[0177] The serving cell set is all activated serving cells of the terminal, for example, the serving cell set includes a primary cell, a plurality of secondary cells (or a plurality of secondary cell groups (Scell group)).

[0178] For example: serving cell set = {Pcell, Scell group#1, Scell group#2, Scell group#3, Scell group#4}.

[0179] Step S112, the base station configures the configuration parameter for at least one terminal;

[0180] The configuration parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0181] P11, the payload size of the LP-WUS;

[0182] P12, the indication mode of whether to start the timer;

[0183] The indication mode includes at least one of the following:

[0184] Bitmap, that is, 1 bit is used to indicate whether the timer is started on all activated serving cells in the serving cell set of a first device.

[0185] For example: LP-WUS = [1 0 1 0] indicates that the timer is started on all serving cells in the corresponding serving cell set of UE1 and UE3; the timer is not started on all serving cells in the corresponding serving cell set of UE2 and UE4.

[0186] Code point, that is, the value of 1 code point is used to indicate whether the timer is started on all activated serving cells in the serving cell set of a UE or a plurality of UEs.

[0187] The base station generates a candidate sequence, which can be related to a terminal identifier (UE-ID); and the configuration information sent to the terminal at least includes: a sequence type, a sequence length, and a sequence number.

[0188] P13, an encoding mode of the LP-WUS, including but not limited to at least one of: Manchester encoding, PIE encoding, FM0 encoding, and Miller encoding.

[0189] In some embodiments, the Manchester encoding rule can be any one of Table 7.

[0190] Table 7 Manchester encoding rule comparison table

[0191] P14, a time-frequency resource mapping mode of the LP-WUS, including but not limited to at least one of: OOK-1 based on M = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, or 32, and OOK-4 based on M = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, or 32.

[0192] P15, a monitoring location parameter of the LP-WUS, including but not limited to at least one of: a bit position, an OFDM symbol index, and an OOK symbol index.

[0193] Step S113, the base station determines a first serving cell;

[0194] In some embodiments, the first serving cell can be determined in one of the following ways:

[0195] Way 1: protocol specification, i.e., determining the first serving cell as a primary cell or a secondary cell or a secondary cell group based on protocol agreement;

[0196] Way 2: determining according to the receiving capability of the first device reported by the terminal.

[0197] In some embodiments, in the case where the base station determines the first serving cell based on the receiving capability of the first device reported by the terminal, the base station can indicate the first serving cell to the terminal through signaling, and in some embodiments, the base station can indicate the first serving cell to the terminal through MAC-CE, high layer parameters, or DCI.

[0198] In some embodiments, the first serving cell can be a primary cell or a secondary cell.

[0199] Step S114, the base station periodically or aperiodically transmits the LP-WUS on the first serving cell;

[0200] In some embodiments, if the base station periodically transmits the LP-WUS, the period of the LP-WUS can be independent of the discontinuous reception cycle configuration, or can be related to the discontinuous reception cycle.

[0201] Specifically, the terminal side mainly implements the following procedures:

[0202] Step 121, the first device periodically or aperiodically receives the LP-WUS on the first serving cell in the serving cell set;

[0203] In some embodiments, if the LP-WUS is received periodically, the first device can acquire the period of the LP-WUS through at least one of the following: a broadcast signal (SIB, PBCH), a predefined manner, a high layer configuration, and a DCI indication.

[0204] Step 122, the first device decodes the LP-WUS according to the configuration parameters to obtain the indication information, which indicates whether to start or not to start the timer on all active serving cells in the serving cell set, i.e., it can also be understood as indicating whether to listen to the PDCCH or not to listen to the PDCCH on all active serving cells in the serving cell set.

[0205] For example, the indication manner is one of the following:

[0206] bitmap, i.e., indicating whether to start the timer on all active serving cells in the serving cell set of the first device through 1 bit.

[0207] For example: LP-WUS = [1 0 1 0] indicates that the timers on all serving cells in the corresponding serving cell set in UE1 and UE3 are started; the timers on all serving cells in the corresponding serving cell set in UE2 and UE4 are not started.

[0208] codepoint, i.e., indicating whether to start the timer on all active serving cells in the serving cell set of one UE or multiple UEs through the value of 1 codepoint.

[0209] For example, the bitmap is shown in FIG. 6, indicating that the timers on all active serving cells in the serving cell set of UE1 and UE3 are started; the timers on all active serving cells in the serving cell set of UE2 are not started.

[0210] For example, the behavior of 4 UEs is indicated through the codepoint, as shown in Table 8:

[0211] Table 8: Correspondence between codepoint and indicated UE starting timer

[0212] Step 123, the first device indicates to the second device whether to start or not to start the timer on all active serving cells within the serving cell set, so as to perform the behavior of monitoring or not monitoring the PDCCH.

[0213] Application case two, the LP-WUS on one serving cell indicates whether the second device starts the timer on all active serving cells or part of the active serving cells, corresponding to the above-mentioned application case two

[0214] Specifically, the main implementation process on the base station side includes:

[0215] Step 211, the base station configures a serving cell set for at least one terminal;

[0216] The serving cell set is all active serving cells of the terminal, for example, the serving cell set includes a primary cell, multiple secondary cells (or multiple secondary cell groups (Scell group)).

[0217] For example: serving cell set = {Pcell, Scell group#1, Scell group#2, Scell group#3, Scell group#4}.

[0218] Step 212, the base station configures the configuration parameter for at least one terminal;

[0219] The configuration parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0220] P21, the payload size of the LP-WUS;

[0221] P22, the indication mode of whether to start the timer;

[0222] bitmap, that is, one bit indicates whether one or more active serving cells start the timer; for example, under this indication mode, it can include two indication cases: indication case one, one bit indicates whether to start the timer on all active serving cells included in the second serving cell at the same time; indication case two, multiple bits respectively indicate whether to start the timer on the active serving cells included in the second serving cell, and whether to start the timer on different active serving cells can be the same or different.

[0223] codepoint, i.e. the value of 1 codepoint indicates whether one or more serving cells start the timer or not; for example, in this indication mode, there are two indication cases: indication case one, 1 codepoint indicates that the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell start the timer or not; indication case two, multiple candidate codepoints indicate whether the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell start the timer or not, and the behaviors of whether the activated serving cells start the timer or not can be the same or different.

[0224] P23, the encoding mode of the LP-WUS, including but not limited to at least one of the following: Manchester encoding, PIE encoding, FM0 encoding, Miller encoding.

[0225] P24, the time-frequency resource mapping mode of the LP-WUS, including but not limited to at least one of the following: OOK-1 based on M=1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 or 32, OOK-4 based on M=1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 or 32;

[0226] P25, the monitoring position parameters of the LP-WUS, including but not limited to at least one of the following: bit position, OFDM symbol index, OOK symbol index.

[0227] Step 213, the base station determines the first serving cell;

[0228] For specific implementation, please refer to application case one, which will not be repeated here.

[0229] Step 214, the base station determines the second serving cell associated with the LP-WUS, i.e. determines one or more activated serving cells associated with the LP-WUS;

[0230] In some embodiments, the association between the one or more activated serving cells and the LP-WUS can be achieved by:

[0231] P_index=Cell_index mod(M), or, P_index=Cellgroup_index mod(M);

[0232] Wherein, M represents the number of TDM LP-WUS, P_index=0~M-1; Cell_index represents the activated serving cell index, Cell_index=0~X1, X1 is the number of activated serving cells, Cellgroup_index represents the activated serving cell group index, Cellgroup_index=0~X2, X2 is the number of activated serving cell groups.

[0233] Step 215, the base station transmits the LP-WUS periodically or aperiodically on at least one first service cell according to a specific indication mode.

[0234] Specifically, the main implementation process on the terminal side includes:

[0235] Step 221, the first device receives the LP-WUS periodically or aperiodically on the first service cell in the service cell set;

[0236] In some embodiments, the terminal can monitor multiple LP-WUS on at least one first service cell through TDM, FDM or CDM.

[0237] Step 222, the first device decodes the LP-WUS according to the configuration parameters to obtain the indication information, which indicates whether to start or not to start the timer on at least one active service cell configured for the second device, that is, it can also be understood as indicating whether to monitor or not to monitor the PDCCH on at least one active service cell configured for the second device;

[0238] For example, the specific indication mode is one of the following:

[0239] Indication mode 1 includes one of the following:

[0240] bitmap: 1-bit indicates the same PDCCH monitoring behavior of the active service cells in the first associated cell set; for example, bitmap: 1-bit indicates the same PDCCH monitoring behavior on multiple cells, as shown in FIG. 7, the timer is started on the cells with Cell_index of 0, 3, 1 and 4; the timer is not started on the cell with Cell_index of 2.

[0241] codepoint: 1 codepoint indicates the same PDCCH monitoring behavior of the active service cells in the first associated cell set.

[0242] Indication mode 2 includes one of the following:

[0243] Bitmap: multiple bits respectively indicate whether to start or not to start the timer on the active service cells in the first associated cell set, and the behavior of whether to start the timer on different cells can be the same or different, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, two bits are used to respectively indicate the behavior of whether to start the timer on each cell, in FIG. 8, the timer is started on the cells with Cell_index of 3, 1 and 4; the timer is not started on the cells with Cell_index of 0 and 2.

[0244] Codepoint: multiple candidate codepoints indicate whether to start the timer on each active service cell included in the second service cell.

[0245] Case three, the LP-WUS on one serving cell indicates whether to start the timer for the second device on the serving cell, corresponding to the above-mentioned application scenario three

[0246] Specifically, the main implementation process on the base station side includes:

[0247] Step 311, the base station configures a serving cell set for at least one terminal;

[0248] The serving cell set is all active serving cells for the terminal, for example, the serving cell set includes a primary cell, multiple secondary cells (or multiple secondary cell groups (Scell group)).

[0249] For example: serving cell set = {Pcell, Scell group#1, Scell group#2, Scell group#3, Scell group#4}.

[0250] Step 312, the base station configures the configuration parameters for at least one terminal;

[0251] The configuration parameters include at least one of the following:

[0252] P31, the payload size of the LP-WUS;

[0253] P32, the indication mode of whether to start the timer;

[0254] The indication mode includes at least one of the following:

[0255] bitmap: 1-bit indicates whether to start the timer on one serving cell;

[0256] codepoint: the value of 1 codepoint indicates whether to start the timer on one serving cell;

[0257] P33, the encoding mode of the LP-WUS, including but not limited to at least one of the following: Manchester encoding, PIE encoding, FM0 encoding, Miller encoding.

[0258] P34, the time-frequency resource mapping mode of the LP-WUS, including but not limited to one of the following: OOK-1 based on M = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 or 32, OOK-4 based on M = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 or 32.

[0259] Step 313, the base station periodically or aperiodically sends the LP-WUS on the first serving cell;

[0260] In some embodiments, if the base station periodically transmits the LP-WUS, the period of the LP-WUS can be independent of the discontinuous reception cycle configuration, or can be related to the discontinuous reception cycle.

[0261] Specifically, the terminal side mainly implements the following procedures:

[0262] Step 321, the first device receives the LP-WUS on the first serving cell;

[0263] The first serving cell can be any cell in the serving cell set.

[0264] Step 322, the first device decodes the LP-WUS according to the configuration parameter to obtain the indication information, which indicates whether the second device starts or does not start the timer on the first serving cell, that is, it can also be understood as indicating whether the second device listens to the PDCCH or does not listen to the PDCCH in the first serving cell;

[0265] For example, the meaning of the indication information can be one of the following:

[0266] Meaning 1: indicating not to start the timer;

[0267] Meaning 2: indicating to start the timer.

[0268] In some embodiments, the second device performs a corresponding behavior on the first serving cell according to the meaning of the indication information; specifically, when it is meaning 1, the second device does not start the timer on the first serving cell, that is, does not perform PDCCH listening; when it is meaning 2, the second device starts the timer on the first serving cell, and performs the behavior of PDCCH listening or not.

[0269] In this case, it can be understood that the first device receives the LP-WUS on each Pcell and each Scell respectively, indicating whether the second device starts the timer on the corresponding cell. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the second device starts the timer on the Pcell, Scell#1 and Scell#3, and does not start the timer on the Scell#2.

[0270] It should be noted that at least one embodiment of the present disclosure realizes that the MR receives the LP-WUS through the LP-WUR to indicate the energy saving behavior of the MR on the activated serving cell, improves the flexibility of the network side, and reduces the bit overhead in the case of guaranteeing the energy saving performance.

[0271] The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various systems, especially 5G systems. For example, the applicable systems can be global system of mobile communication (GSM) systems, code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) general packet radio service (GPRS) systems, long term evolution (LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (TDD) systems, long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) systems, universal mobile systems (UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) systems, 5G new radio (NR) systems, and the like. Among these various systems, there are terminals (which can also be referred to as terminal devices) and network devices. The system can also include a core network part, such as an evolved packet system (EPS), a 5G system (5GS), and the like.

[0272] The terminal device to which the embodiments of the present disclosure relate can also be referred to as a device providing voice and / or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem, etc. In different systems, the name of the terminal device can also be different, for example, in the 5G system, the terminal device can be referred to as a user equipment (UE). The wireless terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks (CN) via a radio access network (RAN). The wireless terminal device can be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or called "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device, for example, it can be a portable, pocket, handheld, built-in computer or vehicle-mounted mobile device, which exchanges language and / or data with the radio access network. For example, personal communication service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiated protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDAs), etc. The wireless terminal device can also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0273] The network device related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can be a base station, which can include a plurality of cells serving terminals. According to different application scenarios, the base station can also be referred to as an access point, or can be a device in an access network that communicates with wireless terminal devices through one or more sectors over an air interface, or other names. The network device can be used to exchange received air frames and Internet Protocol (IP) packets as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which can include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device can also coordinate the management of the properties of the air interface. For example, the network device related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can be a network device (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and can also be a network device (NodeB) in Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), and can also be an evolved network device (evolutional Node B, eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a next generation system (5G network architecture), and can also be a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay terminal node, a femto, a pico, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. In some network structures, the network device can include a centralized unit (CU) node and a distributed unit (DU) node, and the centralized unit and the distributed unit can also be arranged geographically apart.

[0274] The network device and the terminal device can each use one or more antennas for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmission, which can be single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) or multiple-user MIMO (MU-MIMO). According to the shape and number of root antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be two-dimensional MIMO (2D-MIMO), three-dimensional MIMO (3D-MIMO), full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), or massive-MIMO, and can also be diversity transmission or precoding transmission or beamforming transmission, etc.

[0275] As shown in FIG. 10, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a signal transmission method, executed by a network device, comprising:

[0276] Step S1001, sending a first signal to a first device on at least one first service cell, the first signal being used to instruct a second device to start or not to start a timer on a second service cell, the second service cell including one or more of activated service cells configured for the second device;

[0277] Wherein, the timer is not started, the second device does not listen to PDCCH; the timer is started, the second device listens to PDCCH or does not listen to PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability.

[0278] In some embodiments, the at least one first service cell belongs to a service cell set, the service cell set including all activated service cells configured by a higher layer.

[0279] The at least one first service cell is determined by a protocol agreement and / or a receiving capability of the first device.

[0280] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0281] Sending a configuration parameter to the first device;

[0282] Wherein, the configuration parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0283] The payload size of the first energy saving signal;

[0284] an indication manner of whether the timer is started;

[0285] an encoding manner of the first signal;

[0286] a resource mapping manner of the first signal;

[0287] a monitoring location parameter of the first signal.

[0288] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes all activated serving cells configured for the second device, or the second serving cell includes any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device and the second serving cell is the same as the first serving cell; the indication manner includes one of the following:

[0289] indicating whether the timer is started by a bit map, wherein one bit in the bit map indicates whether the timer is started by one second device on the second serving cell;

[0290] indicating whether the timer is started by a code point, wherein a value of one code point indicates whether the timer is started by the second device on the second serving cell.

[0291] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device; the indication manner includes one of the following:

[0292] indicating whether the timer is started by the second device on all activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a bit map or a code point;

[0293] indicating whether the timer is started by the second device on the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a bit map or a code point.

[0294] In some embodiments, in the case of indicating whether the timer is started by the second device on the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a code point, the relationship between the code point and whether the timer is started by the second device on the second serving cell satisfies at least one of the following:

[0295] determined based on a mapping relationship between a value of the code point and the activated serving cell, the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the activated serving cell can be indicated by one mapping relationship table or multiple mapping relationship tables;

[0296] determined based on a code point index corresponding to the value of the code point, a target index and a number of the activated serving cells associated with the first signal, the target index is an activated serving cell index or a cell group index in which the activated serving cell is located.

[0297] In some embodiments, the relationship between the value of the codepoint corresponding to the codepoint index, the target index and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal determines whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell or not, and the relationship includes: Sequence_index=round(A_index / N)mod N.

[0298] wherein Sequence_index represents the codepoint index; A_index represents the target index; and N represents the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal.

[0299] In some embodiments, if the mapping relationship exists between the codepoint and the sequence, the sequence includes any one of the following sequence types when the indication mode is indicated by the codepoint:

[0300] a single-level sequence, which indicates whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell or not by the index of one sequence;

[0301] a multi-level sequence, which indicates whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell or not by the indexes of multiple sequences of different levels.

[0302] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, and the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained by at least one of the following:

[0303] a higher layer parameter configuration;

[0304] obtaining based on the index of the first signal, the target index and the number of the first signals, wherein the target index is an active serving cell index or a cell group index in which the active serving cell is located.

[0305] In some embodiments, the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained based on the index of the first signal, the target index and the number of the first signals, and the relationship includes: P_index=A_index mod(M).

[0306] wherein P_index represents the index of the first signal, A_index represents the target index, and M represents the number of the first signals in time division multiplexing.

[0307] In some embodiments, the first signal is transmitted to the first device on at least one first serving cell, and the relationship includes:

[0308] periodically transmitting the first signal to the first device on the at least one first serving cell within a first time window;

[0309] The first time window is determined based on an offset value and a minimum time interval. The offset value is used to indicate a length of time for which the first time window precedes a reference point, and the reference point is an opening time of the timer. The minimum time interval is determined based on a processing capability of the second device.

[0310] In some embodiments, a period of the first signal satisfies one of the following:

[0311] independently of a discontinuous reception cycle configuration;

[0312] in relation to a discontinuous reception cycle.

[0313] In some embodiments, when the second serving cell includes at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, the sending of the first signal to the first device on the at least one first serving cell includes:

[0314] The sending of the first signal to the first device on the at least one first serving cell is performed in a manner of time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, or code division multiplexing.

[0315] It should be noted that all implementation manners in the above embodiments are applicable to the embodiments of the resource determination method applied to the network device side, and can achieve the same technical effects, and thus will not be described herein.

[0316] As shown in FIG. 11, the disclosure provides a signal transmission apparatus 1100 applied to a first device, including:

[0317] The first receiving unit 1101 is configured to receive a first signal on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to indicate whether a second device starts a timer or does not start the timer on a second serving cell, and the second serving cell including one or more of activated serving cells configured for the second device.

[0318] When the timer is not started, the second device does not listen to a PDCCH; when the timer is started, the second device listens to the PDCCH or does not listen to the PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, and the second receiving capability is higher than the first receiving capability.

[0319] In some embodiments, the at least one first serving cell belongs to a serving cell set, and the serving cell set includes all activated serving cells configured by a higher layer.

[0320] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0321] The acquisition unit is configured to acquire indication information indicating whether to start a timer on a second serving cell or not according to the configuration parameter, and the indication information is used to indicate whether to start the timer on the second serving cell or not by the second device.

[0322] The configuration parameter comprises at least one of the following:

[0323] A payload size of the first signal;

[0324] An indication mode of whether to start the timer or not;

[0325] An encoding mode of the first signal;

[0326] A resource mapping mode of the first signal;

[0327] A listening position parameter of the first signal.

[0328] In some embodiments, the second serving cell comprises all activated serving cells configured for the second device, or the second serving cell comprises any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device and is the same as the first serving cell; and the indication mode comprises one of the following:

[0329] The indication mode comprises one of the following:

[0330] The indication mode comprises one of the following:

[0331] In some embodiments, the second serving cell comprises at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device; and the indication mode comprises one of the following:

[0332] The indication mode comprises one of the following:

[0333] The indication mode comprises one of the following:

[0334] In some embodiments, when the indication mode comprises the code point, the relationship between the code point and whether to start the timer on the second serving cell by the second device satisfies at least one of the following:

[0335] The mapping relationship between the code point value and the active serving cell is determined, and the mapping relationship between the code point value and the active serving cell can be indicated by one or more mapping relationship tables.

[0336] The number of active serving cells associated with the first signal is determined based on the code point index corresponding to the code point value, the target index, and the number of active serving cells. The target index is either the active serving cell index or the cell group index of the active serving cell.

[0337] In some embodiments, determining the relationship between the value of the code point and whether the second device starts a timer on the second serving cell based on the code point index corresponding to the code point value, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal includes: Sequence_index = round(A_index / N) mod N;

[0338] Where Sequence_index represents the code point index; A_index represents the target index; and N represents the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal.

[0339] In some embodiments, when the indication method is indicated by code points, if there is a mapping relationship between code points and sequences, the sequence includes any one of the following sequence types:

[0340] A single-level sequence, using an index of a sequence to indicate whether the second device should start or not start a timer on the second serving cell;

[0341] A multi-level sequence, through the combined indexes of multiple sequences at different levels, instructs the second device to start or not start a timer on the second serving cell.

[0342] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, and the active serving cell associated with the first signal is obtained through at least one of the following:

[0343] High-level parameter configuration;

[0344] Based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of first signals, the target index is the active serving cell index or the cell group index where the active serving cell is located.

[0345] In some embodiments, obtaining the active serving cell associated with the first signal based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals includes: P_index = A_index mod(M);

[0346] Where P_index represents the index of the first signal, A_index represents the target index, and M represents the number of first signals in time-division multiplexing.

[0347] In some embodiments, the first receiving unit is configured to:

[0348] periodically receive a first signal on at least one first serving cell within a first time window;

[0349] wherein the first time window is determined based on an offset value and a minimum time interval, the offset value is used to indicate a length of time that the first time window is located before a reference point, and the reference point is a starting time of the timer; and the minimum time interval is determined based on a processing capability of the second device.

[0350] In some embodiments, a period of the first signal satisfies one of the following:

[0351] independent of a discontinuous reception cycle configuration;

[0352] related to a discontinuous reception cycle.

[0353] In some embodiments, when the second serving cell includes at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, the first receiving unit is configured to:

[0354] receive a plurality of first signals on at least one first serving cell in a manner of time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, or code division multiplexing.

[0355] In some embodiments, when the second serving cell includes any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, and the second serving cell is the same as the first serving cell, the method further includes:

[0356] if the first device does not receive the first signal on the first serving cell, perform one of the following:

[0357] determine that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell;

[0358] determine that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell;

[0359] determine that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell in a manner consistent with whether the second device starts the timer on the primary cell;

[0360] determine that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell in a manner consistent with whether the second device starts the timer on the activated secondary cell with the largest or smallest index.

[0361] It should be noted that the device embodiment is one-to-one corresponding to the above-mentioned method embodiment, all implementation manners in the above-mentioned method embodiment are applicable to the embodiment of the device, and the same technical effects can also be achieved.

[0362] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is illustrative, and is only a logical functional division. In actual implementation, another division manner can be used. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present disclosure can be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically independently, or two or more units can be integrated in one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

[0363] When the integrated unit is realized in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosure, essentially or the part that contributes to the related art, or all or part of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions to make a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and various media that can store program codes.

[0364] As shown in FIG. 12, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a signal transmission device, which is a first device, comprising a processor 1200, a transceiver 1210, a memory 1220, and a program stored in the memory 1220 and executable on the processor 1200; wherein the transceiver 1210 is connected with the processor 1200 and the memory 1220 through a bus interface, wherein the processor 1200 is configured to read the program in the memory and perform the following processes:

[0365] receiving a first signal on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to indicate that a second device starts or does not start a timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell comprising one or more of the activated serving cells configured for the second device;

[0366] The timer is not started, and the second device does not listen to the PDCCH; the timer is started, and the second device listens to the PDCCH or does not listen to the PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability.

[0367] The transceiver 1210 is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor 1200.

[0368] In FIG. 12, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, which link together various circuits, including the processor 1200, which is representative of one or more processors, and the memory 1220, which is representative of the memory. The bus architecture can also link together various other circuits, such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art, and thus, are not further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1210 can be a plurality of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, which provide a means for communicating with various other apparatuses over a transmission medium, including a wireless channel, a wired channel, optical cable, and the like. The user interface 1230 can also be an interface that can be externally or internally connected to a device as needed, including but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, and the like, for different user devices.

[0369] The processor 1200 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1220 can store data used by the processor 1200 when performing operations.

[0370] In some embodiments, the processor 1200 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0371] The processor is configured to execute any of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure according to the executable instructions obtained from the memory. The processor and the memory can also be physically arranged separately.

[0372] In some embodiments, the at least one first serving cell belongs to a serving cell set, and the serving cell set includes all activated serving cells configured by a higher layer.

[0373] In some embodiments, the processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory, is further configured to perform the following operations:

[0374] decode the first signal according to the configuration parameter to obtain indication information, the indication information being used to indicate whether the second device starts a timer or not on a second serving cell;

[0375] The configuration parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0376] a payload size of the first signal;

[0377] an indication manner of whether the timer is started or not;

[0378] an encoding manner of the first signal;

[0379] a resource mapping manner of the first signal;

[0380] a listening position parameter of the first signal.

[0381] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes all activated serving cells configured for the second device, or the second serving cell includes any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device and is the same as the first serving cell; and the indication manner includes one of the following:

[0382] indicating whether the timer is started or not by a bit map, wherein one bit in the bit map indicates whether the timer is started or not for one second device on the second serving cell;

[0383] indicating whether the timer is started or not by a code point, wherein a value of one code point indicates whether the timer is started or not for the second device on the second serving cell.

[0384] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device; and the indication manner includes one of the following:

[0385] indicating whether the timer is started or not for the second device on all activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a bit map or a code point;

[0386] indicating whether the timer is started or not for the second device on the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a bit map or a code point.

[0387] In some embodiments, in the case that the indication manner indicates whether the second device starts the timer on the active serving cell included in the second serving cell by a code point, the relationship between the code point and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell satisfies at least one of the following:

[0388] The mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the active serving cell is determined based on the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the active serving cell, and the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the active serving cell can be indicated by one mapping relationship table or multiple mapping relationship tables.

[0389] The code point index corresponding to the value of the code point, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal are determined, and the target index is an active serving cell index or a cell group index in which the active serving cell is located.

[0390] In some embodiments, the relationship between the value of the code point and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell is determined based on the code point index corresponding to the value of the code point, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal, and the target index is an active serving cell index or a cell group index in which the active serving cell is located.

[0391] Wherein, Sequence_index represents the code point index; A_index represents the target index; and N represents the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal.

[0392] In some embodiments, in the case that the indication manner indicates by a code point, if there is a mapping relationship between the code point and a sequence, the sequence includes any one of the following sequence types:

[0393] Single-level sequence, indicating whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell by an index of one sequence or not;

[0394] Multi-level sequence, indicating whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell by the indexes of multiple sequences of different levels or not.

[0395] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, and the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained by at least one of the following:

[0396] High-layer parameter configuration;

[0397] The active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals, and the target index is an active serving cell index or a cell group index in which the active serving cell is located.

[0398] In some embodiments, the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals are used to obtain an active serving cell associated with the first signal, including: P_index=A_index mod(M);

[0399] wherein P_index represents the index of the first signal, A_index represents the target index, and M represents the number of the first signals in time division multiplexing.

[0400] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0401] receiving the first signal periodically in a first time window on at least one first serving cell;

[0402] wherein the first time window is determined based on an offset value and a minimum time interval, the offset value is used to indicate a length of time before a reference point at which the first time window is located, and the reference point is the start time of the timer; and the minimum time interval is determined based on the processing capability of the second device.

[0403] In some embodiments, the period of the first signal satisfies one of the following:

[0404] independent of the discontinuous reception cycle configuration;

[0405] related to the discontinuous reception cycle.

[0406] In some embodiments, when the second serving cell includes at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0407] receiving a plurality of first signals on at least one first serving cell in a time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, or code division multiplexing manner.

[0408] In some embodiments, when the second serving cell includes any one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, and the second serving cell is the same as the first serving cell, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0409] if the first device does not receive the first signal on the first serving cell, performing one of the following:

[0410] determining that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell;

[0411] determining that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell;

[0412] The behavior of determining whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell is consistent with the behavior of determining whether the second device starts the timer on the primary cell.

[0413] The behavior of determining whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell is consistent with the behavior of determining whether the second device starts the timer on the activated secondary cell with the largest or smallest number.

[0414] It should be noted that the terminal provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can realize all the method steps realized by the method embodiments, and achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0415] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the steps of the signal transmission method applied to the first device. The processor readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that the processor can access, including but not limited to a magnetic memory (such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape, a magneto optical disk (MO), etc.), an optical memory (such as a compact disc (CD), a digital video disc (DVD), a Blu-ray disc (BD), a high-definition versatile disc (HVD), etc.), and a semiconductor memory (such as a ROM, an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a non-volatile memory (NAND (Non-volatile Memory Device) FLASH), a solid state disk (Solid State Drives, SSD), etc.

[0416] As shown in FIG. 13, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a signal transmission device 1300 applied to a network device, comprising:

[0417] The second sending unit 1301 is configured to send a first signal to the first device on at least one first serving cell, wherein the first signal is used to indicate whether the second device starts a timer on a second serving cell or does not start the timer, and the second serving cell comprises one or more of the activated serving cells configured for the second device.

[0418] The timer is not started, the second device does not listen to the PDCCH; the timer is started, the second device listens to the PDCCH or does not listen to the PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability.

[0419] In some embodiments, the at least one first serving cell belongs to a serving cell set, and the serving cell set includes all activated serving cells configured by a higher layer.

[0420] The at least one first serving cell is determined by a protocol agreement and / or a receiving capability of the first device.

[0421] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0422] The second sending unit is configured to send the configuration parameter to the first device.

[0423] The configuration parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0424] A payload size of the first energy saving signal;

[0425] An indication mode of whether the timer is started;

[0426] An encoding mode of the first signal;

[0427] A resource mapping mode of the first signal;

[0428] A listening position parameter of the first signal.

[0429] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes all activated serving cells configured for the second device, or the second serving cell includes any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device and is the same as the first serving cell; and the indication mode includes one of the following:

[0430] The timer is indicated by a bit map, and one bit in the bit map indicates whether the timer of one second device is started on the second serving cell;

[0431] The timer is indicated by a code point, and a value of one code point indicates whether the timer of the second device is started on the second serving cell.

[0432] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device; and the indication mode includes one of the following:

[0433] indicate, by a bitmap or a codepoint, whether the second device starts or does not start the timer on all activated serving cells included in the second serving cell;

[0434] indicate, by a bitmap or a codepoint, whether the second device starts or does not start the timer on activated serving cells included in the second serving cell.

[0435] In some embodiments, in the case of indicating, by a codepoint, whether the second device starts or does not start the timer on activated serving cells included in the second serving cell, a relationship between the codepoint and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell satisfies at least one of the following:

[0436] The mapping relationship between the value of the codepoint and the activated serving cell is determined based on a mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship between the value of the codepoint and the activated serving cell can be indicated by one mapping relationship table or multiple mapping relationship tables.

[0437] The codepoint index corresponding to the value of the codepoint, the target index, and the number of activated serving cells associated with the first signal are determined, and the target index is an activated serving cell index or a cell group index in which the activated serving cell is located.

[0438] In some embodiments, the relationship between the value of the codepoint and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell is determined based on the codepoint index corresponding to the value of the codepoint, the target index, and the number of activated serving cells associated with the first signal, and includes: Sequence_index=round(A_index / N)mod N;

[0439] Wherein, Sequence_index represents the codepoint index; A_index represents the target index; N represents the number of activated serving cells associated with the first signal.

[0440] In some embodiments, in the case of indicating by a codepoint, if there is a mapping relationship between the codepoint and a sequence, the sequence includes any one of the following sequence types:

[0441] Single-level sequence, indicating, by an index of one sequence, whether the second device starts or does not start the timer on the second serving cell;

[0442] Multi-level sequence, indicating, by indexes of multiple different levels of sequences, whether the second device starts or does not start the timer on the second serving cell.

[0443] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, and the activated serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained by at least one of the following:

[0444] High-layer parameter configuration;

[0445] obtaining the index of the first signal, a target index, and a number of the first signals based on the index of the first signal and the target index, wherein the target index is an index of an active serving cell or an index of a cell group in which the active serving cell is located.

[0446] In some embodiments, the obtaining the active serving cell associated with the first signal based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals comprises: P_index=A_index mod(M);

[0447] wherein P_index represents the index of the first signal, A_index represents the target index, and M represents the number of the first signals in time division multiplexing.

[0448] In some embodiments, the first sending unit is configured to:

[0449] periodically send the first signal to the first device on the at least one first serving cell within a first time window;

[0450] wherein the first time window is determined based on an offset value and a minimum time interval, the offset value is used to indicate a length of time in which the first time window is located before a reference point, and the reference point is the start time of the timer; and the minimum time interval is determined based on the processing capability of the second device.

[0451] In some embodiments, the period of the first signal satisfies one of the following:

[0452] independent of a discontinuous reception cycle configuration;

[0453] related to the discontinuous reception cycle.

[0454] In some embodiments, when the second serving cell comprises at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, the first sending unit is configured to:

[0455] send a plurality of first signals to the first device on the at least one first serving cell in a manner of time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, or code division multiplexing.

[0456] It should be noted that the device embodiment is one-to-one corresponding to the above-mentioned method embodiment, and all implementation manners in the above-mentioned method embodiment are applicable to the embodiment of the device and can achieve the same technical effects.

[0457] It should be noted that the division of the units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is illustrative, and is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, another division manner can be used. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present disclosure can be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit can be physically present separately, or two or more units can be integrated in one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

[0458] When the integrated unit is realized in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosure, essentially or the part that contributes to the related art, or all or part of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes a number of instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and various media that can store program codes.

[0459] As shown in FIG. 14, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a network device, including a processor 1400, a transceiver 1410, a memory 1420, and a program stored in the memory 1420 and executable on the processor 1400; wherein the transceiver 1410 is connected with the processor 1400 and the memory 1420 through a bus interface, wherein the processor 1400 is used to read the program in the memory and execute the following processes: wherein the processor is used to read the computer program in the memory to perform the following operations:

[0460] sending a first signal to a first device on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to indicate that a second device starts or does not start a timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell including one or more of active serving cells configured for the second device;

[0461] wherein the timer is not started, the second device does not monitor PDCCH; the timer is started, the second device monitors PDCCH or does not monitor PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability.

[0462] a transceiver 1410 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1400.

[0463] In FIG. 14, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges, depending on the specific application of the processor 1400 and the overall design constraints. The bus architecture can link together various circuits such as the processor 1400, the memory 1420, and various other circuits including peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, all of which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described in further detail herein. The bus interface provides an interface to the transceiver 1410. The transceiver 1410 can be a plurality of elements including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium, including a wireless channel, a wired channel, optical cable, and the like.

[0464] The processor 1400 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 1420 can store data used by the processor 1400 in executing its operations.

[0465] In some embodiments, the processor 1400 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0466] The processor executes any of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure by invoking the computer program stored in the memory. The processor and the memory can also be physically arranged separately.

[0467] In some embodiments, the at least one first serving cell belongs to a serving cell set, and the serving cell set includes all activated serving cells configured by a higher layer.

[0468] The at least one first serving cell is determined by a protocol agreement and / or a receiving capability of the first device.

[0469] In some embodiments, the processor configured to read the computer program in the memory is further configured to perform the following operations:

[0470] send a configuration parameter to the first device;

[0471] The configuration parameter comprises at least one of the following:

[0472] A load size of the first energy-saving signal;

[0473] An indication mode of whether the timer is started;

[0474] An encoding mode of the first signal;

[0475] A resource mapping mode of the first signal;

[0476] A monitoring position parameter of the first signal.

[0477] In some embodiments, the second serving cell comprises all activated serving cells configured for the second device, or the second serving cell comprises any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device and the second serving cell is the same as the first serving cell; the indication mode comprises one of the following:

[0478] The timer is indicated by a bit map, wherein one bit in the bit map indicates whether the timer of one second device is started on the second serving cell;

[0479] The timer is indicated by a code point, wherein a value of one code point indicates whether the timer of the second device is started on the second serving cell.

[0480] In some embodiments, the second serving cell comprises at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device; the indication mode comprises one of the following:

[0481] The second device starts or does not start the timer on all activated serving cells included in the second serving cell simultaneously is indicated by a bit map or a code point;

[0482] Whether the second device starts the timer on the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell is indicated by a bit map or a code point.

[0483] In some embodiments, in the case of indicating whether the second device starts the timer on the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a code point, a relationship between the code point and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell satisfies at least one of the following:

[0484] The value of the code point and the activated serving cell are determined based on a mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the activated serving cell can be indicated by one mapping relationship table or multiple mapping relationship tables;

[0485] The code point index corresponding to the value of the code point, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal are determined.

[0486] In some embodiments, the relationship between the value of the code point determined based on the value of the code point corresponding to the code point index, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell includes: Sequence_index=round(A_index / N)mod N.

[0487] Wherein, Sequence_index represents the code point index; A_index represents the target index; and N represents the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal.

[0488] In some embodiments, if the mapping relationship between the code point and the sequence exists when the indication mode is indicated by the code point, the sequence includes any one of the following sequence types:

[0489] Single-level sequence, the index of one sequence is used to indicate whether the second device starts the timer or does not start the timer on the second serving cell;

[0490] Multi-level sequence, the indexes of multiple different levels of sequences are used to jointly indicate whether the second device starts the timer or does not start the timer on the second serving cell.

[0491] In some embodiments, the second serving cell includes at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, and the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained by at least one of the following:

[0492] High-level parameter configuration;

[0493] The index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals are obtained based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals, and the target index is the active serving cell index or the cell group index in which the active serving cell is located.

[0494] In some embodiments, the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals, and the active serving cells associated with the first signal include: P_index=A_index mod(M).

[0495] Wherein, P_index represents the index of the first signal, A_index represents the target index, and M represents the number of the first signals in time division multiplexing.

[0496] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0497] transmit a first signal to the first device periodically within a first time window on at least one first serving cell;

[0498] The first time window is determined based on an offset value and a minimum time interval, the offset value is used to indicate a length of time that the first time window is located before a reference point, and the reference point is a starting time of the timer; and the minimum time interval is determined based on a processing capability of the second device.

[0499] In some embodiments, the period of the first signal satisfies one of the following:

[0500] independent of a discontinuous reception cycle configuration;

[0501] related to a discontinuous reception cycle.

[0502] In some embodiments, when the second serving cell includes at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0503] The processor transmits a plurality of first signals to the first device on at least one first serving cell in a time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, or code division multiplexing manner.

[0504] It should be noted that the network device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement all the method steps achieved by the method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0505] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the steps of the signal transmission method applied to the network device. The processor readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device accessible by the processor, including but not limited to a magnetic memory (such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape, a magneto-optical disk (MO), etc.), an optical memory (such as a CD, a DVD, a BD, a HVD, etc.), and a semiconductor memory (such as a ROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM, a non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), a solid state disk (SSD), etc.).

[0506] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer program product including computer instructions, which, when executed by a processor, implement each process in the above method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details will not be described here.

[0507] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the disclosure can be provided as a method, a system, or a computer program product. Accordingly, the disclosure can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the disclosure can take the form of a computer program product on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, and so on) embodying computer-readable program code.

[0508] The disclosure is described in reference to the flowchart and / or block diagrams of the method, apparatus (system) and computer program product according to embodiments of the disclosure. It should be understood that each flow and / or block in the flowchart and / or block diagrams, and a combination of flows and / or blocks in the flowchart and / or block diagrams can be implemented by computer executable instructions. These computer executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, so that the instructions, which are executed via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, generate means for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows in the flowchart and / or one or more blocks in the block diagram.

[0509] These processor executable instructions can also be stored in a processor readable memory that can direct the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the processor readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the functions specified in one or more flows in the flowchart and / or one or more blocks in the block diagram.

[0510] These processor executable instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, so that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process, so that the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows in the flowchart and / or one or more blocks in the block diagram.

[0511] Moreover, it should be noted that in the apparatus and method of the present disclosure, it is apparent that each component or each step can be decomposed and / or recombined. These decompositions and / or recombinations should be considered as equivalent solutions of the present disclosure. Moreover, the steps of performing the above series of processes can naturally be executed in time sequence according to the order of description, but do not necessarily have to be executed in time sequence, and some steps can be executed in parallel or independently of each other. It can be understood by those skilled in the art that all or any steps or components of the method and apparatus of the present disclosure can be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof, in any computing device (including processors, storage media, etc.) or network of computing devices, using the basic programming skills of those skilled in the art upon reading the description of the present disclosure.

[0512] It should be noted that it should be understood that the division of each module above is only a logical division of functions, and in actual implementation, all or part of them can be integrated into one physical entity, or can be physically separated. Moreover, these modules can all be implemented in the form of being called by a processing element through software; all can be implemented in the form of hardware; or some modules can be implemented in the form of being called by a processing element through software, and some modules can be implemented in the form of hardware. For example, a certain module can be a separately established processing element, or can be integrated into a certain chip of the above apparatus, in addition, it can also be stored in the form of program code in the memory of the above apparatus, and called and executed by a certain processing element of the above apparatus to determine the function of the above module. The implementation of other modules is similar. Moreover, all or part of these modules can be integrated together, or can be independently implemented. The processing element described herein can be an integrated circuit having a signal processing capability. In the implementation process, each step of the above method or each of the above modules can be completed by the integrated logic circuit of hardware or the instruction of software in the processing element.

[0513] For example, each module, unit, subunit, or submodule can be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), or one or more field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). As another example, when a module is implemented using processing element scheduler code, the processing element can be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or other processor capable of calling program code. Furthermore, these modules can be integrated together to implement a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

[0514] The terms “first,” “second,” etc., used in this disclosure and in the claims are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate so that embodiments of this disclosure described herein may be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus. Additionally, the use of “and / or” in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, such as A and / or B and / or C, indicating seven possibilities: A alone, B alone, C alone, and both A and B, both B and C, both A and C, and A, B, and C. Similarly, the use of “at least one of A and B” in this specification and claims should be understood as “A alone, B alone, or both A and B.”

[0515] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this disclosure without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this disclosure and their equivalents, this disclosure is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

A signal transmission method applied to a first device, the method comprising: receiving a first signal on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to indicate whether a second device starts a timer or not on a second serving cell, the second serving cell comprising one or more of activated serving cells configured for the second device; wherein, if the timer is not started, the second device does not listen to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); if the timer is started, the second device listens to the PDCCH or does not listen to the PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on an on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability. The method of claim 1, wherein, The at least one first serving cell belongs to a serving cell set, the serving cell set comprising all activated serving cells configured by a higher layer. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: decoding the first signal according to a configuration parameter to obtain indication information, the indication information being used to indicate whether the second device starts the timer or not on the second serving cell; wherein, the configuration parameter comprises at least one of the following: a payload size of the first signal; an indication manner of whether the timer is started or not; an encoding manner of the first signal; a resource mapping manner of the first signal; a listening position parameter of the first signal. The method of claim 3, wherein, The second serving cell comprises all activated serving cells configured for the second device, or the second serving cell comprises any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device and is the same as the first serving cell; the indication manner comprises one of the following: indicating whether the timer is started or not by a bit map, wherein one bit in the bit map is used to indicate whether the timer is started or not for one second device on the second serving cell; indicating whether the timer is started or not by a code point, wherein a value of one code point is used to indicate whether the timer is started or not for the second device on the second serving cell. The method of claim 3, wherein, The second serving cell comprises at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device; the indication manner comprises one of the following: indicating whether the timer is started or not for the second device on all activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a bit map or a code point; indicating whether the timer is started or not for the second device on the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a bit map or a code point. The method of claim 5, wherein, In the case of indicating whether the timer is started or not for the second device on the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a code point, a relationship between the code point and whether the timer is started or not for the second device on the second serving cell satisfies at least one of the following: determined based on a mapping relationship between a value of the code point and the activated serving cell, the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the activated serving cell being indicated by one mapping relationship table or multiple mapping relationship tables. The code point index corresponding to the code point value based on the code point value, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal are determined. The method of claim 6, wherein, The relationship between the code point value based on the code point value corresponding to the code point index, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell includes: Sequence_index=round(A_index / N)mod N; Wherein, Sequence_index represents the code point index; A_index represents the target index; N represents the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal. The method of claim 5, wherein, In the case of indicating the code point, if the code point and the sequence have a mapping relationship, the sequence includes any one of the following sequence types: Single-level sequence, indicating whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell or not by the index of one sequence; Multi-level sequence, indicating whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell or not by the index of multiple different level sequences. The method of claim 1, wherein, The second serving cell includes at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, and the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained by at least one of the following: High-level parameter configuration; Based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signal, the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained, and the target index is the active serving cell index or the cell group index in which the active serving cell is located. The method of claim 9, wherein, The active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signal, including: P_index=A_index mod(M); Wherein, P_index represents the index of the first signal, A_index represents the target index, and M represents the number of time-division multiplexed first signals. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein The first signal is received on at least one first serving cell, including: Periodically receiving the first signal on at least one first serving cell within a first time window; Wherein, the first time window is determined based on an offset value and a minimum time interval, the offset value is used to indicate the time length of the first time window before the reference point, and the reference point is the start time of the timer; the minimum time interval is determined based on the processing capability of the second device. The method of claim 11, wherein, The period of the first signal satisfies one of the following: Independent of the discontinuous reception cycle configuration; Related to the discontinuous reception cycle. The method of claim 1, wherein, In the case that the second serving cell includes at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, the first signal is received on at least one first serving cell, including: Multiple first signals are received on at least one first serving cell in a time-division multiplexing, frequency-division multiplexing, or code-division multiplexing manner. The method of claim 1, wherein, In the case that the second serving cell includes any one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, and the second serving cell is the same as the first serving cell, the method further includes: If the first device does not receive the first signal on the first serving cell, one of the following is performed: determining that the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell; determining that the second device does not start the timer on the second serving cell; determining that the behavior of the second device whether to start the timer on the second serving cell is consistent with the behavior of the second device whether to start the timer on the primary cell; determining that the behavior of the second device whether to start the timer on the second serving cell is consistent with the behavior of the second device whether to start the timer on the largest or smallest activated secondary cell. A signal transmission method applied to a network device, the method comprising: sending a first signal to a first device on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to indicate whether a second device starts a timer or does not start the timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell comprising one or more of activated serving cells configured for the second device; wherein the timer is not started, the second device does not listen to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); the timer is started, the second device listens to the PDCCH or does not listen to the PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability. The method of claim 15, wherein, The at least one first serving cell belongs to a serving cell set, the serving cell set comprising all activated serving cells configured by a higher layer; The at least one first serving cell is determined by protocol agreement and / or receiving capability of the first device. The method of claim 15, further comprising: sending a configuration parameter to the first device; wherein the configuration parameter comprises at least one of the following: payload size of the first energy saving signal; indication manner of whether the timer is started; encoding manner of the first signal; resource mapping manner of the first signal; listening position parameter of the first signal. The method of claim 17, wherein, The second serving cell comprises all activated serving cells configured for the second device, or the second serving cell comprises any one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device and is the same as the first serving cell; the indication manner comprises one of the following: indicating whether the timer is started or not by a bit map, wherein one bit in the bit map indicates whether the timer of one second device is started or not on the second serving cell; indicating whether the timer is started or not by a code point, wherein a value of one code point indicates whether the timer of the second device is started or not on the second serving cell. The method of claim 17, wherein, The second serving cell comprises at least one of the activated serving cells configured for the second device; the indication manner comprises one of the following: indicating whether the timer of the second device is started or not on all activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a bit map or a code point; indicating whether the timer of the second device is started or not on the activated serving cells included in the second serving cell by a bit map or a code point. The method of claim 19, wherein, In a case that the indication manner indicates whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell through a code point, a relationship between the code point and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell satisfies at least one of the following: The value of the code point is determined based on a mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the active serving cell, and the mapping relationship between the value of the code point and the active serving cell can be indicated by one mapping relationship table or multiple mapping relationship tables. The value of the code point is determined based on a code point index corresponding to the value of the code point, a target index, and a number of active serving cells associated with the first signal, and the target index is an active serving cell index or a cell group index in which the active serving cell is located. The method of claim 20, wherein, The relationship between the value of the code point and whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell is determined based on the code point index corresponding to the value of the code point, the target index, and the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal, and includes: Sequence_index=round(A_index / N)mod N; wherein Sequence_index represents the code point index; A_index represents the target index; and N represents the number of active serving cells associated with the first signal. The method of claim 19, wherein, In a case that the indication manner indicates through the code point, if there is a mapping relationship between the code point and a sequence, the sequence includes any one of the following sequence types: Single-level sequence, indicating whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell through an index of one sequence; Multi-level sequence, indicating whether the second device starts the timer on the second serving cell through indexes of multiple sequences of different levels. The method of claim 15, wherein, The second serving cell includes at least one of the active serving cells configured for the second device, and the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained through at least one of the following: A higher layer parameter configuration; Based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals, the active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained, and the target index is an active serving cell index or a cell group index in which the active serving cell is located. The method of claim 23, wherein, The active serving cells associated with the first signal are obtained based on the index of the first signal, the target index, and the number of the first signals, and include: P_index=A_index mod(M); wherein P_index represents the index of the first signal, A_index represents the target index, and M represents the number of the first signals in time division multiplexing. The method of any one of claims 15-24, wherein The first signal is transmitted to the first device on the at least one first serving cell, including: The first signal is periodically transmitted to the first device within a first time window on the at least one first serving cell; wherein the first time window is determined based on an offset value and a minimum time interval, the offset value is used to indicate a time length of the first time window before a reference point, and the reference point is the start time of the timer; and the minimum time interval is determined based on the processing capability of the second device. The method of claim 25, wherein, The period of the first signal satisfies one of the following: Independent of the discontinuous reception cycle configuration; Related to the discontinuous reception cycle. The method of claim 15, wherein, The sending the first signal to the first device on the at least one first serving cell comprises: The sending the first signal to the first device on the at least one first serving cell comprises: A signal transmission device, the signal transmission device being a first device, the signal transmission device comprising a memory, a transceiver, a processor: a memory for storing the computer program; The transceiver is configured to transceive data under control of the processor; The processor is configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: The receiving the first signal on the at least one first serving cell comprises: The first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability. A network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, a processor: a memory for storing the computer program; The transceiver is configured to transceive data under control of the processor; The processor is configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: The sending the first signal to the first device on the at least one first serving cell comprises: The first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability. A signal transmission apparatus, applied to a first device, the apparatus comprising: The receiving the first signal on the at least one first serving cell comprises: The first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability. A signal transmission device applied to a network device, the device comprising: a first sending unit configured to send a first signal to a first device on at least one first serving cell, the first signal being used to instruct a second device to start or not to start a timer on a second serving cell, the second serving cell comprising one or more of the activated serving cells configured for the second device; wherein, if the timer is not started, the second device does not listen to PDCCH; if the timer is started, the second device listens to PDCCH or does not listen to PDCCH; the first signal is generated based on on-off keying (OOK) waveform; the first device is a device with a first receiving capability, and the second device is a device with a second receiving capability, the second receiving capability being higher than the first receiving capability. A processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being used to make the processor execute the method of any one of claims 1 to 27.

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